Rigpa (Tibetan for “wisdom” or “knowledge”) is a large Tibetan Buddhist organization founded in 1979 by Sogyal Lakhar. It has grown to be one of the largest single organizations dedicated to Tibetan Buddhism in the world with groups and centers in 41 countries around the world. Last year, Lakhar was deemed a “disgrace” by the Dalai Lama after a letter signed by 8 students detailed decades of abuse at his hands. Since then, a number of writings have come out, principally at the blogs “What Now?” and “How did it Happen?“, established explicitly to deal with questions stemming from the allegations and fallout in Rigpa; as well as at the Buddhism Controversy Blog, which features articles discussing a wide range of contemporary Buddhist groups.